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Abdominal Radiology
Published in: Abdominal Radiology 2/2006

01-04-2006

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Author: K. Sandrasegaran

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 2/2006

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I thank Carucci and Halvorsen for their comments. I agree that the lack of pathologic proof makes it impossible to be 100% certain that we are dealing with a case of bacillary angiomatosis (BA). However, the patient had multiple blood cultures, cultures of body fluids, and bone marrow biopsy, none of which demonstrated evidence of other fungal or mycobacterial infection. Bartonella species were grown on skin and blood cultures. …
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Title
Author’s reply
Author
K. Sandrasegaran
Publication date
01-04-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 2/2006
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-005-8016-9

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